Week of November 22, 2021
Reminders
School will be closed on Thursday November 25 & Friday November 26
Exploration One:
Our Community
Essential Question:
What is our community?
Focus Area:
Us
Weekly Focus:
Caring
Focused Learning Activity for the Week:
Children will be working on our class environment, the friends, the centers, and the adults around them.
Standard Addressed:
P-ATL3: Child appropriately handles and takes care of classroom materials.
Foundational Text for the Week:
You hold me up by Monique Gray Smith
Questions that will be asked throughout the week related to the foundational text:
What are some things people in this book do together?
What things in this book do we do together?
What are some ways we can help each other and hold each other up?
Learning Centers Available for the Theme:
Blocks- Children are encouraged to explore the block center. They will be shown a few unit blocks,
shown where they can
be found in the classroom, and shown how to match them to their outline in order to clean up.
Dramatic Play- Children are invited to explore the dramatic play area and use the props provided.
Dramatic Play will be set as a kitchen. Teacher will introduce basic materials, how to use them,
and how to put them away.
Art- Children are invited to explore the art area. They will be shown a paint container, brush
and paper. Teacher will model how to dip brush in paint and paint a few brushstrokes on paper.
Students will be shown where material can be found in the classroom and what they should do when they finish painting.
Science- Children will be shown a few items from a collection of natural objects. Teacher will
model how students can begin to explore some of the materials. They will be shown where
these materials can be found in the classroom and how to put them away when finished.
Math- Children will be shown a couple of puzzles. Teacher will model how to take apart and how
to put a few pieces together. Students will be shown where puzzles can be found and
how to put them away.
Library- Students are able to explore books from the classroom library.
Writing- Students are invited to explore the materials provided in the writing center. They are encouraged to
explore their name cards.
Sensory- Students will be shown a small amount of sand and a few toys. They will be shown where these
materials can be found in the classroom.
For more information on the Lesson Plan, click HERE!
If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me at mswaseem@olqmnyc.org or email Mrs. Zogka at MrsZogka@olqmnyc.org.
If there are any questions regarding the Pre-K for All program that cannot be answered
by the office or classroom teacher, please feel free to contact the Help Line at 888-227-8175
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